Method and apparatus for sidelink communication in unlicensed band

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12538337-B2
Application number	US-202318373389-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2023
Priority date	Sep 30, 2022
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

A method of a first terminal may include: identifying first RB set(s) to be used for SL communication among consecutive RB sets through an LBT procedure; identifying a first subchannel group included in the first RB set(s) and a second subchannel group including a first PRB in the first RB set(s), the first PRB being not included in the first subchannel group; configuring the first PRB within the second subchannel group as an SL communication resource; and transmitting, to a second terminal, control information indicating that the first PRB is configured as the SL communication resource.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of a first terminal, comprising:
generating sidelink control information (SCI) including frequency resource information; transmitting the SCI to a second terminal; and transmitting a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) indicated by the frequency resource information to the second terminal, wherein one or more PRBs in the plurality of PRBs belong to a first subchannel overlapping a first resource block (RB) set and a first guard band PRB, and the one or more PRBs used for transmitting the PSSCH are PRB(s) except for the first guard band PRB in the first subchannel.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein frequency domain resources for transmitting the SCI and the PSSCH are configured based on a contiguous RB scheme.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first subchannel overlapping the first RB set and the first guard band PRB is a highest subchannel in subchannels for the PSSCH.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one PRB in the plurality of PRBs belong to a second subchannel which does not overlap a second guard band PRB.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) pattern of the first subchannel is identical to a second DMRS pattern of a second subchannel in subchannels for the PSSCH, and the second subchannel does not overlap with the first guard band PRB.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
performing a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) procedure in the first RB set and a second RB set, wherein the first and second RB sets are used for transmitting the PSSCH when the LBT procedure is successful, and the first and second RB sets are adjacent to the first guard band PRB.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SCI is transmitted in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and a PRB for the PSCCH belongs to a lowest subchannel in a RB set.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving information indicating a position of a starting symbol of sidelink (SL) transmission from a base station.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first guard band PRB is not used for transmitting the SCL.

10 . A method of a second terminal, comprising:
receiving sidelink control information (SCI) including frequency resource information from a first terminal; identifying a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) indicated by the frequency resource information included in the SCI; and receiving a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on the plurality of PRBs from the first terminal, wherein one or more PRBs in the plurality of PRBs belong to a first subchannel overlapping a first resource block (RB) set and a first guard band PRB, and the one or more PRBs used for receiving the PSSCH are PRB(s) except for the first guard band PRB in the first subchannel.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein frequency domain resources for receiving the SCI and the PSSCH are configured based on a contiguous RB scheme.

12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first subchannel overlapping the first RB set and the first guard band PRB is a highest subchannel in subchannels for the PSSCH.

13 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) pattern of the first subchannel is identical to a second DMRS pattern of a second subchannel in subchannels for the PSSCH, and the second subchannel does not overlap with the first guard band PRB.

14 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first guard band PRB is not used for transmitting the SCI.

15 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the SCI is received in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and a PRB for the PSCCH belongs to a lowest subchannel in a RB set.

16 . The method according to claim 10 , further comprising receiving information indicating a position of a starting symbol of sidelink (SL) transmission from a base station.

17 . A first terminal comprising a processor,
wherein the processor causes the first terminal to: generate sidelink control information (SCI) including frequency resource information; transmit the SCI to a second terminal; and transmit a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) indicated by the frequency resource information to the second terminal, wherein one or more PRBs in the plurality of PRBs belong to a first subchannel overlapping a first resource block (RB) set and a first guard band PRB, and the one or more PRBs used for transmitting the PSSCH are PRB(s) except for the first guard band PRB in the first subchannel.

18 . The first terminal according to claim 17 , wherein a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) pattern of the first subchannel is identical to a second DMRS pattern of a second subchannel in subchannels for the PSSCH, and the second subchannel does not overlap with the first guard band PRB.

19 . The first terminal according to claim 17 , wherein the processor further causes the first terminal to perform a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) procedure in the first RB set and a second RB set,
wherein the first and second RB sets are used for transmitting the PSSCH when the LBT procedure is successful, and the first and second RB sets are adjacent to the first guard band PRB.

20 . The first terminal according to claim 17 , wherein the SCI is transmitted in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and a PRB for PSCCH belongs to a lowest subchannel in a RB set.

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Kim Jun Hyeong
• Noh Go San
• Kim Il Gyu
• Park Man Ho
• Sung Nak Woon
• Song Jae Su
• Lee Nam Suk
• Chung Hee Sang
• Choi Min Suk

Classifications

• H04W72/541

  using the level of interference · CPC title

• H04W72/40 Primary

  Resource management for direct mode communication, e.g. D2D or sidelink · CPC title

• H04W72/044

  based on the type of the allocated resource · CPC title

• H04W72/02

  Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal · CPC title

• H04W72/25

  between terminals via a wireless link, e.g. sidelink · CPC title